Talk:Testing effect

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Including a statement about the importance of Feedback

Ceckersley (talk) 04:33, 18 March 2016 (UTC) I would like to include a statement after 'to-be-remembered information' that states 'through testing with proper feedback.'[reply]

I also think it would be a good idea to include a subsection under 'Preconditions to measure the testing effect' that would talk about the impact that feedback has on correct encoding and retrieval while using the testing effect. Right now there is no mention of feedback in the article even though it is vital to the role that the testing effect can have.

I agree with adding a statement to the first line and with talking more about the importance of feedback. The Retrieval success subsection already mentions it briefly, so we may be able to add it there as opposed to adding an entire new subsection. Psy250 jes85 (talk) 20:27, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I missed it in that section, it might be helpful to make it more obvious, how about instead of combining those two statements into one sentence give the feedback its own sentence? Ceckersley (talk) 01:17, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing typos

There are a few typos in this page that should be easy to fix. In the "Cognitive accounts of the testing effect" section, the following sentence should get rid of the world "how": The second view, provided by Karpicke and Roediger[17] studied how the effect of testing on memory retention. The next sentence should be changed to be consistent with either present or past tense: They found that re-studying or re-reading memorized information has no effect, but trying to recall the information had an effect. Psy250 jes85 (talk) 20:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, subtle changes that allow it to flow. Ceckersley (talk) 01:15, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fix lead section

This page provides a good one-sentence summary of the testing effect, but then dives into details of the first empirical study. I think readers of the article may get confused and not fully understand what the testing effect really is until they read the rest of the wiki page. Providing one or two more sentences of detail in the beginning may help. I would even be open to moving the discussion of the Carrier and Pashler study to a new section that is not in the lead section. Psy250 jes85 (talk) 20:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Increase Wikipedia Visibility

I would like to increase the Testing Effect's visibility on Wikipedia by mentioning it in the page on long term memory and providing a link to this page. Ceckersley (talk) 01:40, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]